Rusty Pritchard

Dr. Rusty Pritchard is a natural resource economist and President of Flourish, a organization that equips churches to better love God by reviving human lives and the landscapes on which they depend. He has been a sought-after speaker on climate issues for conferences, churches, symposia, and leadership summits, including numerous live broadcast debates. As a full-time faculty member at Emory University Rusty helped create the Department of Environmental Studies there in 1999. He holds degrees from Duke University and the University of Florida and resides in Atlanta, GA.

Social Sector

Does the Earth Care If You Drive a Hybrid?

A Nobel-prize-winning physicist claims that the earth is resilient and humans actions don't affect it in the long run. Is this true, and even if it is, should humans--and specifically, Christians--still live as stewards in the here-and-now? A leading natural resource economist and Christian environmentalist responds.

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Science + Tech

Science and Religion: Why Our Beliefs Matter

Is American religion on the defensive due to science's advances? Should Christians fear the study of the natural world? One Christian thinker argues we should actually be more afraid that how we're framing the issue gives anti-religionists the ammunition they need to “debunk” our apologetics.

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The Veneer of Science

Scientific conspiracy theories, a veneer for irrational beliefs

Science is an amazing and unfamiliar world for many of us. Because most of our scientific experiences don't reach far beyond sophomore biology class, it is also a field of study where we can be easily misled. Dr. Rusty Pritchard says veneer in science often comes in the form of skepticism or flat out denialism of well-proven scientific findings.

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Science and Religion: Mixed Results

Science and religion are at war. Or, at least that’s the impression you might get from bloggers who watch the spectacle of Republican primary candidate debates. Columnists at the New York Times and the Washington Post are up-in-arms at the hostility toward, and ignorance of, science on the part of the candidates, who seem to be vying to outdo each other in their anti-intellectualism...

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